Comments on: Things That Don’t Suck

By: Laura Busheikin

Laura Busheikin — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 18:49:25 +0000

In reply to Linda Costelloe. Thanks!

By: Linda Costelloe

Linda Costelloe — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:19:56 +0000

In reply to Laura Busheikin. I'm so sorry you and your husband have COVID. That really sucks! I'm glad that you don't feel horrible, though, and that you have tea. It truly is a magical elixir! I hope you can stay in your air BnB longer and that your kids don't get sick. Good luck with everything!

By: Linda Costelloe

Linda Costelloe — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 15:16:40 +0000

What I love is going out to eat with my mother and friends, especially going out for tea and scones, or for Italian food. I also love walking in the woods behind my home. I can’t go far, due to a disability, plus I can only walk on my land and one neighbor’s, but I don’t need to go far. I have a chair in a little magical glade and I put out sunflower seeds and peanuts in several spots in the glade then just sit and watch the squirrels, chipmunks, shrews, and birds that come for the goodies. I sing a song and clack two sticks together as I do and the animals hear me and come. It is magical!

By: Laura Busheikin

Laura Busheikin — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:49:42 +0000

*read to end for one thing that does not suck but otherwise prepare yourself for a stream of negativity* Right now life isn’t very good. I’m on a long-planned trip to Italy but just tested positive for COVID, so I’m in a little room with one window which opens onto a ventilation shaft, worrying how I’m going to manage things, given that we are supposed to take a train to Prague in three days and fly from Prague back home two days later but how can I do that if I have COVID? But how can I stay here because we have to be out of our Air BnB on Saturday?? And it looks like there’s going to be a big tangle of cancellations and rebooking and provisional arrangements and cancellation of things including me attending and giving a reading at the Denman Island Writers Festival. Plus my husband has COVID too and so we are sharing this little room (thus far it is NOT romantic) and my grown kids are sharing the bigger room next door, and hoping they don’t come down with COVID too but if they do we’ll have to factor that into our plans too. Waaaaaah! Yes, please—do feel sorry for me. Luckily I don’t feel horribly awfully sick and (ok, I’m getting to the “doesn’t suck” part of this) what is totally rocking my world is my big mason jar full of tea!!! It is the nectar of life!

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 02:01:07 +0000

I hope you have already seen this poem; regardless, it is amazing, and her delivery makes it even better. Please share it forward:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=458894584916999

The conclusion in the last 10-15 seconds blew me away!!!!

By: Krista

Krista — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 01:18:57 +0000

Independent bookstores! I spent time in TWO indies today and it totally helped.

Thank you for this list!

By: Erica BARON

Erica BARON — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:44:28 +0000

Heartstopper on Netflix doesn’t suck. Sweet queer teenagers in love. I’ve been listening to the back catalog of Levar Burton reads. If you, like me, grew up with Reading Rainbow, you can listen to short stories for grown ups – all genres but lots of fantasy and sci Fi – and get a hit of nostalgia at the same time.

By: Jeana Jorgensen

Jeana Jorgensen — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:32:51 +0000

I have spent the last few days on the couch reading, alternating between fiction/fairy-tale retellings and nonfiction works on disability justice. It’s been totally dreamy and restorative.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 21:14:40 +0000

As a retired clown, I believe in fun protests. Guerilla theater makes a point and gets people laughing. Slavery, because being forced by the state to bear children is just that, is too horrible without sarcasm and satire.
Things that don’t suck: your favorite music, your favorite authors (with one glaring exception), sunsets, your best friend, and your creativity. Use your imagination to stay sane and fight fascism. To fascists, imagination and the arts are like water to the OG Wicked Witch.

By: Marsha A. Moore

Marsha A. Moore — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 20:46:15 +0000

Last autumn, I purchased a state park pass, and that has been the best, most uplifting thing I’ve done for self-care in decades. Nature is healing and inspiring.